SCORPIO is a multi-tasked, terminal-independent information system used to support the Library of Congress and U.S. Senate applications. (Author)

Provides academic administrators and researchers with a critical review of available tools in management techniques; a structure for considering possible analytical projects to undertake; and the steps that should be taken by administrators to ensure proper organization, planning, and control of management science efforts. (Author/DEP)

Outlines the structure, activities, and publications of the United Nations and some of its specialized agencies. (PF)

To promote greater accountability, supervisors in mental health facilities will be required to monitor activities of their organizations. The Outpatient Division of the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences has developed an administrative accounting based on management by objectives. Presents the evolution, philosophy, and format of the…

Reviews a selection of international collaborative efforts in the production of information services and attempts to characterize modes of cooperation. Methods and rationale for international information transfer and future program prospects are discussed. (JVP)

Proposes the use of the multiple criteria utility theory, a means of measuring satisfaction of predetermined evaluative criteria, quantifying their relative importance, and identifying and determining the best trade-offs among them to evaluate information systems. This method is demonstrated via the evaluation of a hypothetical selective…

Examines organizational information management and the notion of information richness--that phenomena by which certain individuals are better able to acquire, process, and utilize information than others. Based on an analysis of research findings, some tentative hypotheses relating management and organizational information richness are suggested…

A brief outline of the "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance" is offered. A resource for anyone seeking funding, the catalog provides information submitted by federal agencies themselves; describes assistance programs ranging from direct grants for projects to the provision of expert information. (JMF)

Outlines some advances in information services based on computer and communications technology. When implemented with suitable caution, this electronic marketplace of ideas can expand the availability of information and aid in its efficient dissemination. (JMF)

This study investigates the ways in which computer-based information systems interact with the strategic planning, management control, and operational control in 11 Minnesota school districts. (Author/IRT)

Ohio's Handicapped Education Learners Planning System, a computer based information management system, is discussed in terms of its development and use in special education settings. (CL)

Guidelines are offered for bookstore managers with a minimal background in accounting or finance. Two journals need to be maintained--a "Sales Journal" and a modified "Cash Disbursements Journal"--to record daily sales and summaries of the number and value of invoices and credits passed for payment or deduction by department. (LBH)

Suggests means for keeping costs low for organization of input, input keyboarding, and checking input accuracy in computer-based information systems. (Author/PF)

Supplies a sampling of resources on individualized learning available through the ERIC data base. (MH)

Describes the simulation of a nearest neighbor searching algorithm for document retrieval using a pool of microprocessors. Three techniques are described which allow parallel searching of a binary search tree as well as a PASCAL-based system, PASSIM, which can simulate these techniques. Fifty-six references are provided. (Author/LRW)